WVC 4-7-7
§4-7-7. Contracts for construction of state legislative building,
etc.; to be secured by bond; competitive bids required
for contracts exceeding two thousand dollars; procedure.
The commission shall construct the state legislative building
pursuant to a contract or contracts. Every such contract shall be
secured by a bond meeting the requirements of section thirty-nine,
article two, chapter thirty-eight of this code.

No contract or contracts for the construction of the building
or any approaches, structures or facilities incidental thereto, or
for the equipping and furnishing of the building, when the
anticipated expenditure therefor will exceed the sum of two
thousand dollars, shall be entered into except upon the basis of
competitive sealed bids. Such bids shall be obtained by public
notice soliciting such bids published as a Class II legal
advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three,
chapter fifty-nine of this code, and the publication area for such
publication shall be Kanawha county. The publication shall be
completed at least fourteen days prior to the final date for the
submission of bids. The commission may in addition to such
publication also solicit sealed bids by sending requests by mail to
prospective bidders. The contract shall be awarded to the lowest
responsible bidder, unless any and all bids are rejected, in which
event new bids shall be sought by again publishing notice as
aforesaid. Any bid, with the name of the bidder, shall be entered
on a record and each record, with the successful bid indicated thereon, shall, after the award of any contract, be open to public
inspection.

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